absent

absent
I UK [ˈæbs(ə)nt] / US [ˈæbsənt] adjective **
1) not in the place where you should be or are expected to be

How many of them are absent without permission?

absent from:

He's been absent from school for three days.

2) formal missing from a place or situation
absent from:

Parental affection is absent from these children's lives.

3) showing that you are not paying attention to what is happening because you are thinking about something else

He listened with an absent air and kept glancing at the door.


II UK [æbˈsent] / US verb
Word forms "absent":
present tense I/you/we/they absent he/she/it absents present participle absenting past tense absented past participle absented formal

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  • absent — absent, ente [ apsɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • ausent XIIe; lat. absens, absentis 1 ♦ Qui n est pas (dans le lieu où il pourrait, devrait être), qui est éloigné (de ce lieu). Il est absent de son bureau, de Paris. Elle a été absente deux mois, pendant… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • absent — absent, ente (a bsan, san t , ou, suivant la prononciation réelle, a psan) adj. 1°   Qui n est pas présent. Être absent. Absent par congé. Vous avez été longtemps absent. •   C est donc ainsi qu absent vous m avez obéi, MOL. Éc. des f. II, 2.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • absent — ABSÉNT, Ă, absenţi, te, adj. 1. Care nu e de faţă, care lipseşte. 2. fig. Care nu este atent la ce se petrece în jurul lui; distrat. – Din fr. absent, lat. absens, ntis. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  absént, ă adj. 1. care… …   Dicționar Român

  • Absent — Ab sent, a. [F., fr. absens, absentis, p. pr. of abesse to be away from; ab + esse to be. Cf. {Sooth}.] 1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. Expecting absent friends. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not existing; lacking; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • absent — I adjective absorbed, abstracted, astray, away, bare, bemused, blank, deficient, devoid, elsewhere, faraway, flown, gone, heedless, lost, missing, not present, nowhere to be found, null and void, preoccupied, removed, vacant, vacuous, wanting… …   Law dictionary

  • absent — UK US /ˈæbsənt/ adjective ► HR not at work or at the place where you are expected to be: absent from sth »Anna s been absent from work for four days with flu. ► not existing in a particular place: absent from sth »Any mention of prices is… …   Financial and business terms

  • absent — ABSENT, [abs]ente. Adj. Qui est éloigné de sa demeure ordinaire, qui est éloigné du lieu où il devroit estre. Vous avez esté long temps absent. il reçoit ses distributions tant absent que present. tandis qu il estoit absent de la Cour. ce… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • absent — Absent, m. acut. Est pur Latin. Absens, Estre absent, Abesse. Faire quelque chose pour aucun absent, Absentis alicuius negotium gerere. Il n y a rien pour les absens, Absentum ratio non habetur. Il gaigne autant absent que present, Absentis… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • absent — [ab′sənt; ] for v. [, ab sent′, əbsənt] adj. [ME < OFr < L absens, prp. of abesse < ab , away + esse, to be: see IS1] 1. not present; away 2. not existing; lacking 3. not attentive; absorbed in thought vt. to keep (oneself) away …   English World dictionary

  • Absent — (lat.), abwesend. Das Absent, in Bayern der Teil des Pfarreinkommens, den ein resignierender Pfarrer sich vorbehält als eine vom Nachfolger an ihn zu zahlende Pension. Absentenliste, Verzeichnis der Fehlenden. Absentation, Absentierung,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • absent — [adj1] not present astray, away, AWOL*, elsewhere, ghost, gone, hooky*, missing, nobody home*, no show*, removed, vanished; concept 583 Ant. attending, existing, present absent [adj2] deficient in something needed or usual bare, blank, devoid,… …   New thesaurus

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